Wei Yuyan never expected such a thing to happen. Fortunately, Xiao Lei was smart and knew to step in at the crucial moment.
"That was because your father-in-law's family was struggling before. Are you still struggling now? Your family is doing much better than mine."
You guys are doing business, you probably make a few hundred coins a month. Anyway, I only have one thing to say today: if you don't pay me, I'll send the old lady over here.
My aunt was still being unreasonable, relentlessly demanding money.
"Fine, if you dare send the old lady here, I'll take the money and go back to my parents' home, and let the three of them starve to death here."
You'll definitely be infamous then. I heard your sister and brother are about to get married.
They certainly don't want anything to go wrong at this critical juncture.
Wei Yuyan knew that in this era, it was common practice to find out about the other family before getting married.
If such a big thing were publicized, our reputation would definitely be ruined.
"You, oh, so you're such a heartless person. I misjudged you."
I thought you were a filial son, but I never expected you to be so vicious.
"Even if we don't have money, we should at least give them food. The old man has bad teeth and can't eat cornbread anymore."
After saying that, the aunt stood up and rushed to the kitchen.
"Hey~, Auntie is robbing us outright! Help! Someone's stealing our food! Come quick, whose is this?"
Wei Yuyan blocked the kitchen doorway and started crying and shouting, as if she was determined to call someone over.
"What's going on, Aunt Wu? Are you trying to steal our food?"
Suddenly, Sister-in-law Xiuhua appeared out of the door.
“Who stole the food? Is it wrong for me to ask her to give some fine grains to the child’s grandmother? How can she be so selfish?”
When the aunt saw the strangers arrive, her face turned red, and she was no longer as arrogant as before.
"Aunt Wu must have made a mistake. Everyone knows that Wu Chen is not at home, and the three of them, the aunt and her sister-in-law, are struggling to make ends meet."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law began to stand up for Wei Yuyan.
“Zhang Er’s wife, I know you two are selling steamed buns together. If you say you didn’t before, I’ll believe you, but if you don’t now, that’s impossible.”
My aunt remained unmoved.
"Aunt Wu is mistaken. That steamed bun business wasn't a joint venture; it was run by my husband and me."
I couldn't help her myself, so I asked her for help. She gave me six steamed buns at a time, but I really didn't have any money.
My sister-in-law was just helping out because the children were craving food. You shouldn't linger here. I heard your daughter, Yu-jie, is going to my hometown village.
Xiuhua's sister-in-law also started to deceive her for a long time, and finally threatened her with her daughter's marriage.
She only found out when she went back to her parents' home last time that her daughter and a young man from her village had fallen for each other and were probably going to get engaged this year.
"I'm leaving now. Next time you get steamed buns, don't just eat them all by yourself. Don't forget to send a couple to the old lady to try."
After her aunt finished speaking, she swayed her big hips and walked away. Wei Yuyan knew that if it weren't for her sister-in-law Xiuhua's last words, she would definitely have continued to make trouble.
"Oh my god, she's finally gone. I thought I was going to have to fight her."
Wei Yuyan was a little nervous at first and didn't want to fight her.
Because although Xiao Lei and I can beat my aunt now...
My aunt might call her husband over later, what am I going to do then? I don't have any powerful connections.
Thinking about this, Wei Yuyan really felt a bit aggrieved.
"Sister-in-law Xiuhua, it's a good thing you came, otherwise this scoundrel would have stayed at my house for a long time, refusing to leave and insisting on taking something with him."
Wei Yuyan was in a bad mood.
"Luckily I came. You said you wanted a puppy before. Here it is. Let's go get one now. My family wants one too."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua came for this reason; Wei Yuyan had mentioned wanting a puppy several times before.
At that time, the pregnant female dog in the village had not yet given birth. I heard that she had given birth about ten days ago, and there were not many people in the village who wanted to take the puppies.
The family couldn't afford to keep so many, but they were also reluctant to abandon them, so they took the initiative to call Sister Xiuhua.
"Great! Sister Xiuhua, let's go now. Do we need money?"
Wei Yuyan thought about the other person's puppy; would she just give it away for free?
"No money needed. Why should we ask for money from our fellow villagers? She's worried because no one is willing to help her."
We can't afford to raise so many puppies, so we'll take them home and raise them ourselves. That's the greatest way we can thank her.
Sister-in-law Xiuhua waved her hand, urging her to hurry up.
"Xiao Lei, Xiao Qian, do you want to come along?"
Wei Yuyan glanced at the two children, who were clearly frightened just now. It wouldn't be good to keep them locked up at home now.
"I want to go, I want to go, I want a puppy."
Qianqian quickly ran over and took Wei Yuyan's hand.
"I'll lock the door, sister-in-law."
Xiao Lei also showed a childlike smile.
The two adults and two children walked towards the center of the village.
"This is it, Aunt Guihua's house."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua pointed to the old house.
"You weren't talking about Aunt Guihua before, were you?"
Wei Yuyan remembered that Sister Xiuhua had mentioned that a female dog was pregnant, but it didn't seem to belong to Aunt Guihua.
"Hmm, you have a really good memory. I don't know who the hell stole and ate that female dog, otherwise we wouldn't have had to wait so long."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua was actually quite angry when she talked about it.
"So that's how it is."
As they spoke, they arrived at the door of the old house, where the door was wide open.
"Aunt Guihua, we're here."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua called out.
"Come in, come in."
It was an old man's voice, and it sounded very kind.
Sister-in-law Xiuhua led the children inside, where they saw an aunt sitting in the courtyard, dressed cleanly and simply, tall and thin.
"Hello, Aunt Guihua, children, call her Grandma."
Wei Yuyan quickly took the initiative to greet him.
"Grandma Osmanthus~".
The children greeted him obediently.
"Oh, is this Wu Chen's wife? She's very nice and well-mannered. She takes good care of these two children; they're quite pretty."
Aunt Guihua looked Wei Yuyan and Xiao Lei Qianqian over and nodded in satisfaction.
"Aunt Guihua, where's the dog?"
Sister-in-law Xiuhua is still quite worried about her little dog.
“She was in confinement here, and couldn’t be exposed to drafts, so I let her sleep at home.”
Aunt Guihua led everyone into the house. When they opened the door, they found it was the kitchen, which was the warmest place in the house.
This shows that Aunt Guihua took special care of the puppy.
"Oh, look how chubby the puppy is."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua immediately took a liking to a small white dog.
"Zhang Er's family, Wu Chen's family, do you want the dogs to continue nursing for a few more days or what? They can't walk yet, so it might be a few more days."
Aunt Guihua noticed that none of the five puppies could walk yet, and she was worried that they would be difficult to raise if she took them home.
"That's fine too. Puppies definitely get more nutrition from milk, don't you think?"
Sister-in-law Xiuhua agreed with this reasoning.
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